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Table 1 Preoperative patients’ characteristics

From: Change in luminal diameter of the left internal thoracic artery anastomosed to the totally occluded left anterior descending coronary artery

Variables

Group 1

Group 2

P value

Number of Cases

28

43

 

Sex (male : female)

24 : 4

35 : 8

 

Age (years)

60.8 ± 8.9

58.9 ± 8.1

0.89

Preoperative diagnosis

 Stable angina

6

10

 

 Unstable angina

12

22

 

 Old myocardial infarction

2

1

 

 Acute myocardial infarction

8

10

 

LV ejection fraction (%)

49.9 ± 14.7

57.5 ± 12.6

0.03

Infarct site on electrocardiogram

 LAD territory

7

9

 

 LCX territory

2

5

 

 RCA territory

10

16

 

Coronary angiographic findings

 Left main disease

12

17

 

 Three-vessel disease

16

23

 

 Two-vessel disease

6

12

 
  1. LV left ventricle, LAD left anterior descending coronary artery, LCX left circumflex coronary artery, RCA right coronary artery